--- title: A ramp is a slope that swaps a big lift over a short distance for a… — Wheels, axles, ramps and screws · tree and pragmatics description: A ramp is a slope that swaps a big lift over a short distance for a small push over a long distance, which is why a wheelchair goes up a ramp, not a step. Who acts: ramp, slope, wheelchair. 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The page gives its syntax tree — a dependency tree in the style of Universal Dependencies — and its pragmatics clause by clause: who acts (ramp, slope, wheelchair), what happens, when and where, as Mova's frames read it from the tree. ## The tree {#tree} ```conllu # sent_id = school:physics:034-wheels-axles-ramps-and-screws.lesson:1 # text = A ramp is a slope that swaps a big lift over a short distance for a small push over a long distance, which is why a wheelchair goes up a ramp, not a step. # source = school lesson (ours) # course = physics # lesson = 034-wheels-axles-ramps-and-screws.lesson # annotation = Mova annot: Rust (en) → Haiku 5.5 (medium, Batches API) patches; gates UD 2.18; agreed by treeagree rules (Stanza, Trankit, spaCy trf): R5-strong ×2, R7-rel-agree ×1 1 A a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 2 det _ _ 2 ramp ramp NOUN NN Number=Sing 5 nsubj _ _ 3 is be AUX VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 5 cop _ _ 4 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 5 det _ _ 5 slope slope NOUN NN Number=Sing 0 root _ _ 6 that that PRON WDT PronType=Rel 7 nsubj _ _ 7 swaps swap VERB VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 5 acl:relcl _ _ 8 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 10 det _ _ 9 big big ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 10 amod _ _ 10 lift lift NOUN NN Number=Sing 7 obj _ _ 11 over over ADP IN _ 14 case _ _ 12 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 14 det _ _ 13 short short ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 14 amod _ _ 14 distance distance NOUN NN Number=Sing 7 obl _ _ 15 for for ADP IN _ 18 case _ _ 16 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 18 det _ _ 17 small small ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 18 amod _ _ 18 push push NOUN NN Number=Sing 7 obl _ Agree=R5-strong|Haiku=14:nmod 19 over over ADP IN _ 22 case _ _ 20 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 22 det _ _ 21 long long ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 22 amod _ _ 22 distance distance NOUN NN Number=Sing 18 nmod _ Agree=R5-strong|Haiku=7:obl 23 , , PUNCT , _ 26 punct _ _ 24 which which PRON WDT PronType=Rel 26 nsubj _ _ 25 is be AUX VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 26 cop _ _ 26 why why ADV WRB PronType=Int 29 advmod _ _ 27 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 28 det _ _ 28 wheelchair wheelchair NOUN NN Number=Sing 29 nsubj _ _ 29 goes go VERB VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 5 parataxis _ _ 30 up up ADP RP _ 29 compound:prt _ _ 31 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 32 det _ _ 32 ramp ramp NOUN NN Number=Sing 29 obj _ _ 33 , , PUNCT , _ 36 punct _ _ 34 not not PART RB Polarity=Neg 36 advmod _ _ 35 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 36 det _ _ 36 step step NOUN NN Number=Sing 32 appos _ Agree=R7-rel-agree|Haiku=32:conj 37 . . PUNCT . _ 5 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} No stored speech act for this sentence. | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **is a** | present | a ramp | a slope | | | | | tree rules | | 2 | **swap** | present | a slope | a big lift | | | | over a short distance; for a small push over a long distance | vn exchange-13.6.1 «NP V NP PP.co-theme»: agent=Agent lift=Theme for push=Co-Theme | | 3 | **is** | present | | | | | | why *property* | tree rules | | 4 | **go up** | present | a wheelchair | a ramp | | | | | vn calibratable\_cos-45.6.1-1 «NP.patient V NP.extent PP.source PP.goal»: agent=Patient ramp=Extent | One row per clause the reader finds. «not said here»: a role filled from the clause above. «roles by»: a VerbNet class and frame when one fits the verb, else the reader's rules on the tree. **Licence: [CC BY-SA 4.0](https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/)**, as the whole of Mova corpus 0.4, of which this treebank (the agreed school, `mova-school-agreed-en.conllu`) is part. The lessons were written for Mova's primary school. Sentence `school:physics:034-wheels-axles-ramps-and-screws.lesson:1`. **The tree:** Mova annot: Rust (en) → Haiku 5.5 (medium, Batches API) patches; gates UD 2.18; agreed by treeagree rules (Stanza, Trankit, spaCy trf): R5-strong ×2, R7-rel-agree ×1. **The frames** are read from the tree by Mova's frames reader (`prag`) when this page is built, the lesson read in order, so a pronoun may be resolved from an earlier sentence. See the [release 0.4](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/releases/0.4/). - ← previous: [Wheels, axles, ramps and screws, 0](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/physics/34-wheels-axles-ramps-and-screws/0/) - next →: [Wheels, axles, ramps and screws, 2](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/physics/34-wheels-axles-ramps-and-screws/2/) - ↑ back to [the lesson](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/physics/34-wheels-axles-ramps-and-screws/)